Emily qualified for the B final in the 100 bk and started the evening well. Shaving another half second from her best time established in heats she raced to 3rd and 1:04.42. Up next Matt in the 200 Breast where after a valiant first 100 taking the race out he had to settle for 4th getting out touched on the last stroke. He managed a BT 2:26.75. Last up for Hyack was Lindsay Clarke with her 50 free B final. Lindsay had to settle for 7th in the race.

1500 free started the meet and Emily Gerson crushed her previous best by nearly a minute on the way to her first Senior National qualifying time. Emilys 17:27.65 gave her 6th overall. She had best times at the 400/800 split on the way through. Congratulations Emily! Lindsay Clarke was next in the 50 fly winning her heat and going best time at 29:74. Matt Hua finished the individual races with his 50 breast coming in 6th overall with a BT of 30:04. Matt was 2nd in his age group. The...

Session 5 was short and fast. After a solid preliminary session, there were 5 alternate swims and 6 final qualifying swims. At the end of finals were the distance events in which Sabrina and Dilip did an excellent job. Sabrina swam a blistering 12:05.60. Dilip earned a Silver medal for his 1500 Free going a 21:58. In finals, first up was the 50 Free. Carrian held on to 9th spot in the girls 13-14 final with a 31.70. Next came Dilip, who ended up 12th in the final. Tom, in...

Day 2 was another excellent day for the Hyack swimmers. After prelims, Hyack had 6 swimmers make it to finals. Sabrina Porreca, Tom Sun, Dilip Rathinakumar, Jelena Mitrovic, Carrian Leung, and Jamie Engman all had individual events in finals. Out of 10 total swims, there were 9 best times. 5 medals were earned after exquisite individual efforts. First medal came when Tom swam a 1:17.61 in the 100 Back, earning him a Gold medal. Tom also became the third new AAA qualifier. In the 200 Free, Tom went a 2:34.47...

We have a total of 11 swimmers here in Penticton. Linda Liu, Sabrina Porreca, Jamie Engman, Danaka Brown, Carrian Leung, Jelena Mitrovic, Amanda Dhaliwal, Rebecca Siemens, Jonathan Zhang, Tom Sun, and Dilip Rathinakumar all qualified for AA’s and are attending this meet. After a long day of travelling, the 1st day of racing was relatively well done. There were 21 best times in total. Coming out of the morning session, there was one new AAA qualifier. Linda Liu went a 5:56.42 in the 400 free, which qualifies her for the...

Hyack swimmers Haydn Pak and Stefan Milosevic went down to Cerritos, California as part of Team BC competing at the Pacific Coast All-Star Meet. Haydn was 11th in the 50 Yard Free, 9th in the 50 Yard Back, 18th in the 100 Yard Back, 14th in the 50 Yard Breast, 13th in the 100 Yard Breast, and 12th in the 100 Yard IM. Haydn was also part of a relay team made up of other Team BC 11 & 12 year olds. They were 7th in the 200 Yard Free...

We had 12 brave racers on a rainy but ‘warm’ Jan 01 at Rocky Point Park for the Penguin Race. Milan Milosevic nosed out Matt Hua to take the first out of the water. Third was Stefan Milosevic followed by Daniel Gomez who recovered nicely from a starting line wipe-out. Kirsten Lee was the female winner, second to Noemi Soros, third to Lindsay Clarke The participants were: Milan Milosevic Stefan Milosevic Ryan Kharboutli Matt Hua Daniel Gomez Kirsten Lee Lindsay Clarke Noemi Soros Abi Sayer Emily Williams Danica Brown (who...

Coach Mark's blog from Canada Games: Day 1: Michael Cai led off the Team BC 4 X 200 Free relay in a club record 1:49.94 breaking the old senior record of 1:50.22. Congratulations Michael. Day 2: Michael Cai continued his double assault on the competition and the Hyack record board. Mike won the 50 Breast with a 28.20 and turned around and won the 400IM with a blistering 4:14.58. Both swims shattering the previous club records. Andre Kudaba qualified 7th and finished 7th in the 200 fly. Day 3: Mike...

Keeping with the trend from this meet Hyack's evening started with Emily Gerson who was well placed at 6th from her morning swim best time and national cut. Her morning 2:16.78 would have remain her best time as the finals race ended up about a second slower. The remaining team swim came from Matt Hua in the 50 breast who raced solidly to silver.